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anybody got a kitty with pancreatitis
I need info and support
not more links
Thanks
I need info and support
not more links
Thanks
I would just like to add for automaton2 that, normally, different people have very different experiences with feline pancreatitis. I'm not sure two people ever have the same identical experience when it comes to treating this disease. I would also like to add that it's almost impossible to offer meaningful, truly helpful advice without knowing anything about the kinds of tests this kitty has had, certain very important tests results, what your vet is doing for treatment, how kitty is doing now, and, something about kitty's diet.Quote:
Originally Posted by esrandall2000
This is a great group to join with lots of information:
[email protected]
tried them
I am not a closet vet
but a retired nursing assistant
the posts were cat specific theirs
and I got two related to my kitten [1yrold[
the grisly reports from the people totally turned me off and scared me
I am looking for support
dietary advice and not horror
thanks for reply
I will troll all the kitty forums till I find other people
Link to the article:The most common form of inflammatory bowel disease in cats is the presence of lymphocytes and plasma cells, which produce a diagnosis of lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis (LPE).
Causes of LPE
This disease can develop in one of two ways. The inflammatory cells can enter the intestinal wall in response to an injury or infection. Or, parasites, food intolerance, bacteria, fungi, or cancer can cause activation of the immune system and subsequent inflammation.
Cats that are affected with LPE may have a defective intestinal wall barrier. This defect allows normal intestinal bacteria to leak into the deeper layers of the intestinal wall, and the body mounts an immune response to remove them. Subsequent inflammation damages the gut wall even further, allowing more bacteria to enter the deeper tissues.
Link to this article:There may be an association with pancreatitis and inflammatory bowel disease. (The theory is that the abnormal intestinal disease leads to an overgrowth of bacteria. These bacteria are able to crawl up the pancreatic duct and cause infection in the pancreas.)
Toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection, can cause pancreatitis in cats. This should be suspected when pancreatitis occurs in young cats, or in groups of cats or when there are other signs of parasite infection such as neurologic disease, visual problems, weight loss or unexplained diarrhea. Another parasitic cause of pancreatitis in cats is a liver fluke, Amphimerus pseudofelineus, which has been diagnosed sporadically in a number of states in the U.S.
Pancreatitis in cats is signaled by a reluctance to eat, vomiting, jaundice and weight loss. There is an association between feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) and chronic pancreatitis in cats so an effort to discern if this is a problem may be a good idea. Toxoplasmosis has also been implicated as a possible contributing factor in chronic pancreatitis in cats so testing for this may also be worthwhile, especially since it is more treatable than FIP.